Fantasy And Speculation
ENGL 285Z
Winter 2021
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01
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Please note: Students should expect some readings and assignments to be due during winter break, prior to beginning Winter Session. Please visit the Winter Session website for the full syllabus -- http://www.wesleyan.edu/wintersession.
In this class we will read fantasy written by multi-ethnic authors in a variety of genres, mostly in the United States in the long nineteenth century (1770-1920). Our readings include texts that feature supernatural beings and events in imaginary settings -- but also texts that take on well-known myths and legends, create fictional characters to participate in historical events, fold time and space to place historical characters in the midst of fictional events, or gesture toward radically different futures. This broad understanding of fantasy will challenge us to redefine its constitutive features. The choice of readings draws on the work of scholars committed to the recovery of little-known texts, especially by African American authors. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 - Winter Session Short |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Martin Delany, BLAKE, OR THE HUTS OF AMERICA, ed. Jerome McGann
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, THE AGE OF PHILLIS
Toni Morrison, PLAYING IN THE DARK
Edgar Allan Poe, THE NARRATIVE OF ARUTHUR GORDON PYM
Additional texts will be provided.
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Examinations and Assignments:
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Three pre-session reflection essays
Three papers of 4-5 pages
One team project
Two class presentations
Engaged participation
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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Session 1: synchronous, 12:30-2:30; Session 2: hybrid, 4:00-5:00 plus 1 hour scheduled by the student.
Classes of 21 and 22: This course fulfills the Literatures of Difference and Literary History 2 requirements and contributes to the American Lit, Race & Ethnicity, and Theory & Literary Forms concentrations of the English major.
Class of 23 and Beyond: This course fulfills the American Lit and Literary History 2 requirements of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Zapedowska,Magdalena Times: .MTWRF. 12:30PM-02:30PM; .MTWRF. 04:00PM-05:00PM; Location: ONLINE; ; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 16 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 8 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: 2 |
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